Have you ever done trowelling? Metal detecting? Sieving? Photogrammetry? Plane tabling? Found a Roman coin? No? Then come and have a go!

The Archaeo Team Day is designed to encourage innovative thinking as your team members work together to navigate issues and work out their project plan for the day. We’ll allocate and rotate a variety of exciting tasks throughout the day, encourage individuals to take on tasks outside their normal work skills, and support them to work on an equal basis with colleagues they may not normally work with.

During this fun, unusual and inspiring day your team will take part in the investigation of an archaeological site – thousands of years old or something more recent, it may be close to where your team works every day but hidden from obvious view. You’ll be supported by our Archaeology Scotland team, with opportunities to dig, record the finds, and learn how to document and communicate your discoveries. We’ll also work with your team to tell your own archaeology story, creating together bespoke social media content and/or a short film.

Your team will benefit from learning to work effectively together, increasing in confidence as they undertake new tasks and develop new skills, and developing their approach to problem solving. Above all, you will all have great fun and a rewarding experience that will help to improve wellbeing as well as support team building.

Through the social media content and/or short film you produce, you’ll leave with a lasting record and celebration of your team’s achievements, while your efforts will help us understand and protect the selected archaeological site you have been investigating.

As Scotland’s only national charity offering participation opportunities in archaeology, we are uniquely placed to offer the opportunity to time travel!

We believe that archaeology has the power to change lives and strengthen communities through collaborative working and making connections to the material past. Established 80 years ago, Archaeology Scotland is a leading educational charity, working to increase participation in, and enjoyment and care of, Scotland’s amazing archaeological sites and monuments. We are a small charity with a turnover of less than £1m but with reach across the whole of Scotland and much further around the world.

We are committed to improving the lives, health and wellbeing of individuals, both increasing opportunities through skills and learning, and enhancing the places we live in. We do this through our Adopt-a-Monument programme (AaM), our learning courses, our publications and our membership. Our teams have helped 115 communities across Scotland understand, record and conserve their local heritage and 18,000+ young people have achieved our Heritage Hero Awards. We make archaeology accessible to people of all ages, from nursery-age children to our members of various U3A groups, and our Heritage Hero Awards have been given to 4-year-olds and 90-year-olds!